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- noun A sport, similar to
bocce , designed to be played by people withimpaired motor skills.
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Examples
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Indeed, the word "bocce" is the plural of the Italian word "boccia," which means
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Nel quale il pesce, infine, lascia la sua boccia e scopre la vastità degli oceani.
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Dek, per una volta sono dalla parte della corporate che ha speso 800.000€ e che boccia lo spot.
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One Sunday of last year, when that painter had first come to Sorrento, Antonio had chanced to be playing boccia with some other young fellows in the little piazza by the chief street.
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The Queen presented the keys to the three millionth Motability car to David Smith, one of the world's leading boccia players - a sport similar to crown green bowls.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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London 2012 Paralympics: Boccia guide Read Telegraph Sport's guide to the boccia event at the London 2012 Paralympics.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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By chance, Jacob's learning support officer at school got a copy of the boccia rules and some balls so he could give it a go.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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His father Mike is his assistant on court and also runs the Crymych Panthers boccia club, which the family set up.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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A couple of months later he took part in a competition with some school friends, which they won, before he got involved with the boccia blasters in Cardiff.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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Olympics, paying for equipment and coaching in the Olympic sports of badminton, fencing, handball, table tennis and volleyball, and wheelchair sports basketball and boccia (similar to bowls) played at the Paralympics.
Education news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk David Conn 2010
lampbane commented on the word boccia
A sport designed for athletes with a disability. Similar to bocce, it is designed to be played by people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities affecting motor skills.
The aim of the game is to throw leather balls as close as possible toward a white target ball (jack). The jack is thrown first, then each side takes turns to toss their ball towards the jack. The balls can be moved with hands, feet, or with an assistive device (if the competitor's disability is severe). At the end of each round, the referee measures the distance of the balls closest to the jack, and awards points accordingly.
September 6, 2008